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Data Replication: Change Data Capture

Need to be able to remove orphaned subscription threads

Occasionally, due to unknown causes (possible internal or communication errors) we end up with a subscription in a "zombie" state. We cannot start it (normally system complains it's running), stop it (normally system complains it's not running) or...
2 days ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture Submitted

Global Control over Automatic Disabling of DATA CAPTURE CHANGES

Current Behavior: When a subscription is deleted or a table is removed from replication, IBM CDC automatically issues an ALTER TABLE to disable the DATA CAPTURE CHANGES flag on the source Db2 tables. This is governed by the system parameter alter_...
4 months ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture Submitted

Management Console should have a GUI for Linux when using IBM i. Inforsphere has a connection to Linux for the Target but we still need to install the Management console on Windows

No need for Windows which add another layer of complexity when we could go IBM i to Linux Redhat which are both owned by IBM. Therefore when trouble-shooting its less back and forth between Micro-soft and IBM. I realize the MC is not required for ...
7 days ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture Submitted

Enhancement Proposal: SAML and OpenID Connect Integration for IIDR Access Server

This proposal suggests an enhancement to the IBM InfoSphere Data Replication (IIDR) Access Server to support modern authentication and authorization mechanisms using SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC).Currently, authentication mechanisms may rely ...
about 2 months ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture Under review

Make UTF-8 validation optional for user functions

Please add an option to the CDC config to switch UTF-8 validation on and off. This can be narrowed down to %USER functions - currently CDC always does UTF-8 validation for such definitions, even if a column is marked 'binary'. In our environment, ...
8 months ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture Is a defect

Enable configurable prefix/suffix options for bucket folder structures for S3 integration

This enhancement would provide the ability to define custom prefixes and/or suffixes for S3 bucket folders and allow organizations to incorporate identifiers such as environment tags.
24 days ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture Submitted

Enhancing Performance and Latency metrics with append when you relog to MC

Useful to cross verify the latency and performance , also to keep an historical data for the benchmark , also sending the data to datadog, splunk, appdynamics or grafana these tools are being used by many clients and it will be useful to send our ...
6 months ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture Submitted

All inactive or idle time out sessions (e.g., web, computer, client application sessions) must automatically time out, terminate, or disconnect after fifteen (15) minutes.” in IBM InfoSphere Data Replication (including the Access Server and Management Console)

When login to IIDR Management console, proposed to have the idle timeout sessions. This is for security governance purpose hence that other user not able to access it while you are in idle mode via laptop.
21 days ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture Submitted

Implement auto restart on DB2 for i CDC agent.

At the moment DB2 for i CDC agents can't autorestart a mirror replication if an error occurs like a network problem. The auto restart should work just like the auto restart in DB2 LUW agent.
24 days ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture Under review

We need the Oracle Instant Client to be supported by CDC Replication Engine.

We are requesting IBM official support for the Oracle Instant Client with CDC Replication. These items have been identified by IBM as potential exposures with the Oracle Instant Client: - No official support for CDC with Oracle Instant Client. Ora...
9 months ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture Under review

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